Honors
Thirty-six teachers from across the country have been selected as the 1996 honorees of the American Teacher Awards, sponsored by the Walt Disney Co. and McDonald's Corp. A selection committe chose three teachers in 12 subject categories from more than 1,500 teachers nationwide and American teachers overseas. The winners are listed below by category.
Athletic coach: Harold A. Croft, Reading Memorial High School, Reading, Mass.; Sheila Syvrud, Washington/Lowell Elementary School, Rock Springs High School, Rock Springs, Wyo.; Bernard P. Walter Jr., Arundel High School, Gambrills, Md. Early childhood: Nancy J. Berry, Franklin Elementary School, Logansport, Ind.; Catherine B. Harper, Tangier Smith Elementary School, Mastic Beach, N.Y.; Phoebe D. Irby, Dover School, Dover, Fla. English: Yvonne Divans-Hutchinson, Edwin Markham Middle School/Health Careers Magnet, Los Angeles, Calif.; Christopher Queally, Thornton Academy, Saco, Maine; Richard C. Wormeli, Herndon Middle School, Herndon, Va. Foreign language/ESL: Angela del Carmen Martin Gorno, Capistrano Valley High School, Mission Viejo, Calif.; Rosemary Haigh, Elmont Memorial High School, Elmont, N.Y.; David R. Williams, Dumbarton Middle School, Baltimore, Md.
General elementary: Roxann Rene‚ Rose-Duckworth, Alderwood Elementary School, Bellingham, Wash.; Sharon C. Locey, Riverside Elementary School, Milwaukie, Ore.; Constance E. Weber, Emerson School, Ann Arbor, Mich. Mathematics: Anita Argust Lyle, Nashua High School, Nashua, N.H.; Patrick S. Mara, Pueblo South High School, Pueblo, Colo.; Jane Schleeter, Indian Trail Junior High School, Plainfield, Ill. Performing arts: Stephan P. Barnicle, Simsbury High School, Simsbury, Conn.; E. Frank Bluestein, Germantown High School, Germantown, Tenn.; Michael F. Grace, Community High School, Ann Arbor, Mich. Physical education: Nancy Raso Eklund, Washington Elementary School and Roosevelt Elementary School, Green River, Wyo.; Marki Payne, Crosby Park Elementary School, Lawton, Okla.; Ruby Zell Sutton, Emsley Armfield Laney...
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